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The political status of the Azores is defined by the Political-Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Portuguese: Estatuto Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma dos Açores, EPARAA), which acts as the standard legal constitutional framework for the autonomy of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
The Azores regional parliament elects 57 members through a proportional system in which the 9 islands elect a number of MPs proportional to the number of registered voters. MPs are allocated by using the D'Hondt method. 5 members are also elected for a Compensation constituency. Current distribution of MPs by constituency:
Azores (Portuguese: Açores) is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established in 1979 after Portugal's Atlantic islands were granted autonomy .
The Azores, like Madeira and the Canary Islands, are among the European Union's state territories with special status, and are one of its designated "Outermost Regions". The Azores Military Zone is the Portuguese Army's command for ground forces stationed in the archipelago. [ 75 ]
The 2024 Azorean regional election was held on 4 February 2024, [2] to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.The election replaced all 57 members of the Azores Assembly, and the new members would then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.
Angra do Heroísmo, oldest continuously settled town in the archipelago of the Azores and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Azores and Madeira are two groups of Portuguese islands in the Atlantic. Azores and Madeira are integral parts of the Portuguese Republic, but both have the special status as Autonomous Regions, with a degree of self-governance ...
In response—even before the U.S. even officially joined the war—President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the bold decision to extend the U.S. neutrality zone to include Greenland and the Azores ...
The 57 members of the Azores regional parliament are elected through a proportional system in which the 9 islands elect a number of MPs proportional to the number of registered voters. MPs are allocated by using the D'Hondt method. 5 members are also elected for a Compensation constituency. Current distribution of MPs by constituency: